Java OpenJDK GPL license with CLASSPATH EXCEPTION

[David Holmes]

On 30/01/2019 1:58 am, Ing. Oscar Bonilla, MBA wrote:
> What have special the packages  jdk.hotspot.agent, jdk.internal.vm.ci,
> jdk.internal.vm.compiler.management and jdk.internal.vm.compiler, which are
> the only source files that have GPL license but do not have the
> expressly "Classpath Exception" designator in the file's header (all of the
> source files have the GPL license)?

I think it may be just an oversight. I'll see what I can find out.

David
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> It is legal to use some classes of this 5 packages in a non-GPL system?
> -------------------
> I am new here.  I am not know if this is the right mail list for this
> question, but I have to ask it.
> 
> The JDK license said that the GPL license with classpath exception apply
> only where Oracle has expressly included in the particular source file's
> header the words "Oracle designates this particular file as subject to the
> Classpath exception..."
> 
> I found a total of 17,873 source java files in openJDK 11.0.2, with this
> results:
> 11,683 files with GPL License with expressly "Classpath Exception"
> designation
> 1,643 files with AFS - Apache Software Fundation License
>     157 files with BSD License
>       1 file with MIT License
>     341 resource files without any kind of copyright or License (where 334
> are resource files)
> 4,048 files with GPL License without expressly "Classpath Exception"
> designation in the source header. All in 5 specific directories:
>     - \src\jdk.aot (107 files)
>     - \src\jdk.hotspot.agent (998 files)
>     - \src\jdk.internal.vm.ci (181 files)
>     - \src\jdk.internal.vm.compiler.management (4 files)
>     - \src\jdk.internal.vm.compiler (2758 files)
> 
> But each of these 5 last directories has a "module-info.java" file on its
> corresponding root path:
> \src\jdk.aot\module-info.java
> \src\jdk.hotspot.agent\module-info.java
> \src\jdk.internal.vm.ci\module-info.java
> \src\jdk.internal.vm.compiler.management\module-info.java
> \src\jdk.internal.vm.compiler\module-info.java
> whose header contains the expressly the "Classpath Exception" designation,
> which makes it seem like the content of whole of each directory would be
> included in the Exception, but none of their file included it.
> 
> Then my conclusion is 2 posibilities:
> 1. Oracle forgot to include the "Classpath Exception designation" in each
> source files
> 2. There are some special circumstances that caused Oracle to consciously
> exclude them from the "Classpath Exception"
> 
> Regards.
>